Fluoxetine-induced sexual dysfunction.
Of the first 60 patients treated at our clinic with the antidepressant fluoxetine, 5 (8.3%) developed treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction (anorgasmia and/or delayed orgasm). Three of those 5 patients had a history of treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction while receiving other antidepressant agents. Clinicians should be aware of this side effect of fluoxetine.
Herman
J B
JB
Clinical Psychopharmacology Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.
Brotman
A W
AW
Pollack
M H
MH
Falk
W E
WE
Biederman
J
J
Rosenbaum
J F
JF
D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009948:Orgasm / Q000187:drug effects*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000139:chemically induced*
D005473:Fluoxetine